Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4611, United States.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2020 Apr;32:89-94. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.06.036. Epub 2019 Jul 16.
Between 2011 and 2018, rates of depression, self-harm, and suicide attempts increased substantially among U.S. adolescents. The most probable cause(s) of these trends likely 1) began or accelerated during these years, 2) affected a large number of people, 3) impacted everyday life, and 4) were associated with depression. In several large studies, heavy users of technology are twice as likely as light users to be depressed or have low well-being. Cohort declines in face-to-face social interaction may also impact even non-users of digital media. Thus, although technology use is not the cause of most depression, increased time spent on technology and the technological environment may be causes of the sudden increase in depression since 2011.
在 2011 年至 2018 年期间，美国青少年的抑郁、自残和自杀企图率大幅上升。这些趋势最有可能的原因如下：1）在这些年开始或加速；2）影响了大量的人；3）影响了日常生活；4）与抑郁有关。在几项大型研究中，重度科技使用者患抑郁症或幸福感低的可能性是轻度使用者的两倍。面对面社交互动的队列减少也可能影响即使是非数字媒体使用者。因此，尽管科技使用不是大多数抑郁症的原因，但自 2011 年以来，人们花在科技和技术环境上的时间增加可能是导致抑郁突然增加的原因。
